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Re: st: Saving variable response sets over many datasets


From   Steve Nakoneshny <[email protected]>
To   "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject   Re: st: Saving variable response sets over many datasets
Date   Mon, 4 Nov 2013 15:12:04 -0700

Alex,

Instead of -codebook-, why not use -labelbook-?

Steve

On Nov 4, 2013, at 3:04 PM, Alex Sutherland <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear Statalisters,
> 
> I am working with 97 datasets which *should* be the same but are not. =
> The variables are named consistently but the response set for the =
> variables differs. I would like to check the consistency of the =
> responses by compiling the response sets for every variable & dataset in =
> the order that the variables appear. I had thought something to the =
> effect of:
> 
> foreach d of dataset {
> 	foreach var of varlist x1 x2 x3 {
> 		codebook `var'
> 		logout, excel `var'
> 		}
> 	}
> 
> Would work but codebook will not store the variable labels. So I'm =
> unsure what is more suitable (-ds-?). Further, I'm again not sure how to =
> append/add the output into a single (Excel) file.=20
> 
> Any suggestions / shortcuts are very welcome.
> 
> --------------------------------------------
> Dr. Alex Sutherland
> Social Sciences' Research Methods Centre / Institute of Criminology, 
> University of Cambridge
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